Almost one quarter of employees in the United Kingdom who had a flexible working arrangement with their employer said the main reason they started was to increase their leisure time. A further eighteen percent of UK workers with access to flexible work advised that the main reason was to look after a child or children.
What was the main reason you started working your flexible working arrangement?
The source adds the following information regarding the wording of the question: "respondents were asked specifically about a flexible work arrangement that they had used in the last year. Thus, depending on which arrangement they had used, respondents were asked, ‘What was the main reason you started working
flexi-time?’ or ‘…started working in a job share?’ or ‘…started working reduced hours?’ etc."
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CIPD. (June 12, 2019). What was the main reason you started working your flexible working arrangement? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/
CIPD. "What was the main reason you started working your flexible working arrangement?." Chart. June 12, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/
CIPD. (2019). What was the main reason you started working your flexible working arrangement?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/
CIPD. "What Was The Main Reason You Started Working Your Flexible Working Arrangement?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118543/reasons-for-using-flexible-working-arrangements-in-the-uk/
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